Coal chute



June 19, 1923. 1,458,978

. E. F. HEMING COAL CHUTE Filed Dec. 28, 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Imlhlulll' mi 35 3o 36 E g 9 l 39 a4 "um il! n 9 1 2 H1 :l-"El g 38 23 il 22 hh 7 zo By M ATTORNEY Patented June 19,1923.

UNITEnsTA-Tns PATENT- `jEnwAnn FRANCES HEMING, orjswAiv RIVER, MANITOBA, CANADA,l v.1.`1ss1e1\fc' n on cnn- FOURTH To 'JAMES MAGEN IREDALE, or WINNIPEG,- MANITOBA, cANAnA. Y

coAL CHUTE.' e

Application med December 2s, 1921. l Vserial No. 525,529.

, rvBe it' known vvthat I, EDWARD FRANCES `'HEMINQ a citizenofthe Dominionv of .Can-

ada, residing at Swan River, in the county of Swan River and Province of Manitoba, have inventedv lcertain new-and useful Imp provements in Coal Chutes, of which the following is a specification. Y 1

The present invention relates to improvements in coal chutes and the principal ob ject is'to provide a device of the character described adapted tofbe y' positioned ,in an opening inthebasement wall, the saidcoal chutes adapted tobe adjustable sov thatthe coal thrown in the chutes may be directed to anydesired location* Withthese and other objects in; view, the

invention. consists in the construction, 1 com bination and arrangement ofparts as will be hereinafter fully described; illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

Figure 1 is a front elevation illustrating,

the embodiment of my present invention;

Figure 2 is a vertical section of the same. Referring 4to the drawings, like numerals designate like parts in the various drawings. The numeral 3 indicates the basement wall in which opening 4 is positioned. The numeral 5 illustrates the wooden sill on which my present invention is positioned. 6 indicates the plate of the frame. The body 7 ishingedly mounted on the sill 5 at 8. Side members 9 extend vertically from the'body 'member 7 as* indicated 'diagrammetica-lly. The upper peripheries 10 of the side members 9 are arcuate to permit opening and closing of the bodymember7.- The chutes H 1,1 and 12 arehingedly mounted on the upwardly extending ro'd 13. Members 14 and 15 are hingedly connected at the lower portion of the body7 and lap over the lower faces- 16 and 17 of the chutes'.` LThe members 14 and 15 are functioned to permit the coal to easily pass into the chutes'. Hooks 418 are positioned on the side members 9. The vdie-j Vtachable guide member 19 is positioned onr these hooks and isfunctioned to guide the flow of coal.y A ring 20 iscong'urated on the upper end of the. rod 13.v positioned onthe lower-end of the rod 23and engageswith the ring 20. This rod 23 ,is substantially mounted o n its lupper end to the plate 6.` The rod member 24,' functioned to control the angle of the-chutes 11 and 12,

. largement 30' is of the actuated by .end members, as more A ring'22 is These .transverse i positioned 0nV `the The* ,upper endi` aperture in the bracket member 29.2]'En-V positioned onv the upper "end y rodmember 24 to lprevent thesame from` passing. ,through-fthe aperture rposi-rtioned in .thebracket member` V Lockingfmechanism is providedand consists of verticalrod members 31 and32 slid'- ably positioned in eyelets 38.* Thegrupper l ends of therod members Bland are.. as indicated and are functioned to engage in thel openings .3,4 positioned inthe side mem# rv bers 9. Flexible connection members 35'are rconnected to the lower'ends of the ,rodvmem- ,bers 3Iand 32 and are trainedjoverl pulleys f 36 and pass through the floor 37 and' are the operator. in` theebasement. I A y Y When it is desired to put coal in the'baseyk ment, theoperator in the room in which the same upwardlyand disengages the end members 33 from the openings 34 inthe side members 9.

Thecoal driver may now open thebody 'mfrv the room above vfeof exible connections 35 are located, pulls the 5 member 7 and the weight ofthe `rod members'31 and 32 tensions the-same'downwardl v. ly, engaging the end members 33 in coniigurations 34 located near t-he rear of the clearly illustrated in'Figure 2. e

the flexible members 35 again disengage the end members 33 from the side members 9 of the body member `7 and the same is closed. When in this position, the ends 33 re-engage with the openings 34 and member 7 is in lockedy position.

If the side members 9 are not constructed ofy heavy enough material to prevent lateral movement of the same, I provide bracket When the coal positioned in the cellar, y

the kbody members 39V which are-substantially mountagrammatically. These bracket members, being positioned on the inner side of the endl the` same.

ed on the plate member 6as indicated'di- 'Y members,-will prevent lateral'movement of i` Y sired'ato Iposition Ithe coal immediately -beneath the opening, the rodimember 24 is pulled outwardly and the chutes 1l and l2 .will .resumean yapproximate parallel posi.

tion. (It .it is desired to direct the lcoal laterally of the opening 4, the rod member 24 will be pushed inwardly according to the location desired for the coal, as indicated diagrammatically :in rFigure l.

lVhile l have illustrated and described vthe 'preferred :form of (-constructionof my invention, thisr is capable s of variation f and 4modificationl 'Without :departing from Ithe spirit of the invention, Lftheretore, donot wishfto be limited to the precisefdetailsfoi'f Aconstruction Vspecified Lbut :desire to f avail v myself otsuch variations and modiflioations as come `Within the 1scope fof 'the `present claims. y

Fromx the toregoing, it isI thoughtsthat' the construction offmy invention will 'be clearly understood fand therefore5 a more extended explanation has 'been omitted.

lVhat I claimv as new is:

11A coal y'chute v'comprising a Jframe adapted to be located in an opening in a Wall, a movably mounted body, side-members thereon. 'fpivotally mounted A(chutes,

means `for controlling the Iangle of -the chutes,` said means being movable? inwardly or outwardly as occasion requires.

2. Av coal chute VComprising a frame adapted to be located 1n an opening in a iwallfa movably mountedbody,side members thereon, pivotally mounted chutes, Ymeans Jfor controlling the angle of the chutes, .said means being movable inwardly or outivardlysas. occasion requiresyand locking means for said body member.

, 3. A coal chute comprisingl a frame adapted to be located in an opening in a iwall,:larnovably:mounted body, side members thereon, pivotally mounted chutes, means for controlling'theangle'ofi the chutes, lsai'd meansbeing movableinwardly orfout- Vivardly as -occasion frequires, rod J-memb'ers engageablewvith *saidK A-side members, and

Imember and transverse rods yconnectinglthey same With the chutes. I i f VVIn testimony whereof, I atti-X my ysignaturein the presence of two witnesses',

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